Learning
Our Expectations
In support of our vision, the descriptions and tables below outline our expectations for achievement in Years 2, 4 and 6.
In Year 2
BE YOU
The experience and opportunities our Year 2 students have had in their first two years of school ensure they are ready for the challenges of Years 3 to 4, and beyond. They are developing foundation skills and social competencies.
The Key Competencies, together with De Bono Hats, Aokautere School’s Clockwise thinking tool, AOK learner pathways and school values and the Environmental Care Code are becoming an intrinsic part of their understanding and care of self and others, and their high expectations of success in their learning.
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Year 2 students are increasingly able to listen, speak, read and write with confidence. Students can express ideas clearly, listen and respond to others appropriately, and ask relevant questions to increase understanding.
With scaffolding and support students can work together as a class and in small groups, using the inquiry process to make a difference. Students can confidently use the junior teams research tools as set out in the Aokautere School’s Inquiry Model.
By the end of two years at school, the students in the junior students are becoming increasingly independent learners.
Students are demonstrating their increased ability across all the key competencies as set out in the Key Competency at the end of year 2 document.
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After two years at school we expect students to read independently at or beyond the Turquoise - Purple Level using strategies and knowledge in order to work out words.
Students can plan, then write to record and communicate thoughts, ideas, and information, re-read, revise and edit for clarity and accuracy working at Exemplar 1 iii. They can spell most words from the Essential Word Lists 1-3 and form letters accurately, automatically and efficiently.
Students can use knowledge and appropriate strategies to solve mathematical problems at or beyond Stage 4. They can discuss mathematical ideas, (with support when needed) and recognise that mathematics relates to everyday life by using everyday situations to solve mathematical problems at Curriculum level 1 proficient.
Key:
Level 1 refers to level 1 of the New Zealand Curriculum 2007 (NZC)
Proficient refers to operating at approximately the middle of level 1. It is expected that a student would take approximately 2 years (+) to complete one level of NZC
Exemplars: refer to Ministry of Education graded writing samples showing the expected levels of writing for children from year 1 . year 3
Stage 4 Refers to the numeracy stage 4 of the Mathematics NZC
As well as the above we use qualitative criterion based evidence including the 6 Year Net, work samples, descriptors of curriculum levels and the tacit knowledge of the student, in order to form an overall teacher judement (OTJ).
In Year 4
BE YOU
The experience and opportunities our Year 4 students have had in their first four years of school, mean that they are ready for the challenges of Years 5 to 6, and beyond.
They learning how to think and work to with others. They have high expectations of themselves. They understand their next steps in learning
They treat everyone fairly and are becoming able to care for themselves, others and the environment.
BE A LEARNER
The purposes for reading and writing, and the reasons why there are different ways of communicating information, are understood.
They have a strong sense of what they like to read, as well as what they are able to read and they know where to find these reading materials. Their skills when reading different texts have grown. The skills they use include:
They are learning to talk and listen effectively by sharing ideas with others, using roles in groups, questioning and using appropriate language.
They are confident when discussing mathematical ideas and are developing an understanding of how mathematics relates to everyday life. They have a good recall of basic facts and other knowledge. They use appropriate strategies to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fraction problems at or beyond Stage 5 of the Numeracy Project.
With scaffolding and support, they work in groups to use the inquiry process. They take opportunities to be more involved outside the classroom and school, through sports, cultural activities.
Students are demonstrating their increased ability across all the key competencies as set out in the Key Competency at the end of year 4 document.
BE AN ACHIEVER
The National Standards for Year 4 are outlined in the table below.
Key:
Level 2 refers to level 2 of the New Zealand Curriculum 2007 (NZC)
Proficient refers to operating at approximately the middle of Level 2.
Advanced refers to operating at approximately the end of Level 2. It is expected that a student would take about 2 years to complete one curriculum level of NZC.
Stage 5 Refers to the numeracy stages of the Mathematics NZC
As well as the above we use qualitative criterion based evidence including the 6 Year Net, work samples, descriptors of curriculum levels and the tacit knowledge of the student, in order to form an overall teacher judgement (OTJ).
In Year 6
BE YOU
The experience and opportunities our Year 6 students have had in their first six years of school, mean that they are ready for the challenges of Years 7 to 8, and beyond.
They are becoming confident and connected, with an awareness of their role in the community. They have a can-do attitude, show initiative, and have strategies for meeting challenges and coping with disappointments.
They are team players who know when to lead, when to follow and when and how to act independently.
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Year Six children can take responsibility for their own learning, including home learning, setting goals, and taking action to achieve them.
They will have made a shift from being egocentric to being globally aware and considering and valuing others.
In mathematics, Year 6 students are active problem solvers who are numerate and able to use these skills, processes and knowledge, building on known knowledge to make sense of the world around them.
Students can independently read a variety of texts, including electronic media for a purpose, using a variety of strategies to find information, to understand, to connect with their own lives. They will select suitable texts at their level and read for sustained periods of time for personal enjoyment.
They will write independently in a range of genre. They will edit and recraft their own work with increased independences.
Year 6 Students are developing independent inquiry skills by implementing the steps of the Aokautere School Inquiry Process.
Students are developing questioning skills which demonstrate their growing curiosity of the world around them.
Students are demonstrating their increased ability across all the key competencies as set out in the Key Competency at the end of year 6 document.
BE AN ACHIEVER
The National Standards for Year 6 are outlined in the table below.
Key:
Level 3 refers to level 3 of the New Zealand Curriculum 2007 (NZC)
Proficient refers to operating at approximately the middle of level 3.
Advanced refers to operating at approximately the end of Level 3. It is expected that a student would take about 2 years to complete one curriculum level of NZC.
Stage 6 Refers to the numeracy stages of the Mathematics NZC
As well as the above we use qualitative criterion based evidence including, Gloss, PATs, work samples, descriptors of curriculum levels and the tacit knowledge of the student in order to form an overall teacher judgement (OTJ)